Re: moving Japanese Maple?

I'm very glad for all the good news, and grateful for your comments -- my
tree is quite a bit larger than the ones you are talking about, but I'll
follow your advice and hope for the best -- it's a lovely, lovely thing.

s.

At 09:01 AM 3/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I concur with the others. Japanese maples have shallow roots and are easy to
>dig up without doing substantial damage. I moved a six-year-old specimen
>late last spring because it was doing poorly in its site (I discovered it
>was being strangled by a huge horse chestnut root when I dug it up). I
>planted it a little above ground because the drainage in my clay soil isn't
>good. The tree adjusted fast and has grown quickly.
>Nancy S. (NYC, zone 6B)
>
> >Good morning, all:
>>
>>I fully agree with Bill.  I have forgotten to root prune, but I had a 3'H x
>>3.5' W Japanese weeper that I had to move...it was in my way for a raised
bed.
>>
>>For the new location, I dug about half a depth hole and made it 2-3 times as
>>normally wide...too rock and difficult to dig.  I soaked the hole with water
>>first to settle the gravel, rocks, and soil.  Placed a little organically
>>amended soil in the hole and placed the tree in its new home.
>>
>>Actually, it gave the tree a nice raised look.  Everything was done the same
>>as Bill recommended.  I also added only half the amount of mulch.  I added
>>the rest of the mulch after the frost hit.
>>
>>This was about two years ago, and the tree is going just fine.
>>
>>Rich Horowitz
>>Stoughton MA
>>Z5
>>
>>
>
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